Barbara Lamb

Barbara Ann Lamb, 69, of Meriden, wife of the late Dennis T. Lamb, died Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010, at Middlesex Memorial Hospital after a long illness.

Born in Meriden on Feb. 17, 1941, she was the daughter of the late Joseph and Mary (Budzinak) Gawel Sr. She retired as a teacher from the Apple Tree Day Care Center. She was a veteran of Vietnam Conflict having served with the U.S. Marine Corp.

Mrs. Lamb was a devoted grandmother who loved spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by a daughter, Denise and Steven Carusone of Meriden, three sons; Michael and Jamie Lamb of Berlin, Thomas J. Lamb of Meriden and Scott D. and Suzanne Lamb of Hamden. She is also survived by five grandchildren, Michael Dennis Lamb, McKenzie Lamb, Zachary Thomas Lamb, Noah James Lamb and Kyle Steven Lamb and a godson Richard Gurczynski.

Funeral service and burial at St. Stanislaus Cemetery will be private and at the convenience of the family. Friends may call at the John J. Ferry & Sons funeral home on Friday, Sept. 3, from 5 to 8 p.m.